Chalcogen Bonded Directly To The Hetero Ring Patents (Class 549/416)
  • Publication number: 20020156299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are useful for efficient synthesis of 2-amino-4-oxobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuro Nakazato, Toshihito Kumagai, Kazunari Sakagami, Kazuyuki Tomisawa
  • Patent number: 6458830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and n are defined herein. The compounds are of particular use in the treatment or prevention of depression, anxiety, pain, inflammation, migraine, emesis and postherpetic neuralgia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Neil Owen, Eileen Mary Seward, Christopher John Swain, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 6448412
    Abstract: The invention is directed to multiply-substituted fullerene derivatives of novel configurations, and methods for their preparation and use. The methods involve the combinatorial synthesis of a library of fullerene derivatives and comprises the steps of forming a mixture of fullerene derivatives by reacting the Cn fullerene with two or more reactive precursor compounds, and removing the unreacted compounds to yield the fullerene derivatives having the desired activity. Methods for the identification and screening of a combinatorial library of fullerenes by 3He-nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray mass spectrometry to define members with the optimal desired activity are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Sphere Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Murphy, Stephen R. Wilson, Quing Lu
  • Patent number: 6448260
    Abstract: Novel indane and indene derivatives are described which are endothelin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Russell Donovan Cousins, John Duncan Elliott, Maria Amparo Lago, Jack Dale Leber, Catherine Elizabeth Peishoff
  • Publication number: 20020103387
    Abstract: Compounds which mimic the chemical and/or biological activity of discodermolide are provided and intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Amos B. Smith, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Matthew J. LaMarche
  • Patent number: 6426421
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to optionally substituted halogenated benzyl halides and the like. These compounds are useful as halogenated benzyl ether-based protecting groups for a variety of functional groups. Another aspect of the present invention relates to use of said protecting groups in an orthogonal protecting group strategy for the synthesis of complex molecules that comprise a number of suitable functional groups. Another aspect of the present invention relates to saccharides bearing various arrays of protecting groups of the present invention. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of synthesizing an oligosaccharide or glycoconjugate, comprising the steps of: using a saccharide bearing at least one protecting group of the present invention to glycosylate a second molecule to give a product comprising said saccharide; and removing a protecting group of the present invention from said product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Obadiah J. Plante, Peter H. Seeberger
  • Patent number: 6399785
    Abstract: The invention is directed to multiply-substituted fullerene derivatives of novel configurations, and methods for their preparation and use. The methods involve the combinatorial synthesis of a library of fullerene derivatives and comprises the steps of forming a mixture of fullerene derivatives by reacting the Cn fullerene with two or more reactive precursor compounds, and removing the unreacted compounds to yield the fullerene derivatives having the desired activity. Methods for the identification and screening of a combinatorial library of fullerenes by 3He-nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray mass spectrometry to define members with the optimal desired activity are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: C-Sixty, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Murphy, Stephen R. Wilson, Quing Lu
  • Patent number: 6391926
    Abstract: An optically active binaphthol derivative of the following formula (1) or (2), an optically active phosphate derivative of the following formula (3) or, (4), processes for their production, and an asymmetry identifying agent comprising the derivative of the formula (3) or (4):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventor: Junji Inanaga
  • Publication number: 20020045644
    Abstract: 2-Phenylpyran-4-one derivatives of formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Maria Isabel Crespo Crespo, Juan Miguel Jimenez Mayorga, Carles Puig Duran, Lidia Soca Pueyo
  • Publication number: 20020035132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Simon Neil Owen, Eileen Mary Seward, Christopher John Swain, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 6350761
    Abstract: This invention is directed to benzenamine derivatives of formula (I): wherein A, W, m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein. These compounds are useful as anti-coagulants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Guilford, Steven T. Sakata, Kenneth J. Shaw, Shung Wu, Wei Xu, Zuchun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20020019382
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to curcumin analogs exhibiting anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic properties, pharmaceutical formulations including such compounds and methods of using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: James P. Snyder, Matthew C. Davis, Brian Adams, Mamoru Shoji, Dennis C. Liotta, Eva M. Ferstl, Ustun B. Sunay
  • Publication number: 20020013360
    Abstract: The invention relates to 3-hydroxy-and 3-keto-cyclohetero-substituted leucine compounds that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, particularly cathepsin K, and are useful in the treatment of diseases in which inhibition of bone loss is a factor. The 3-hydroxy-or 3-keto-moiety is bonded to a tetrahydrothiophene, tetrahydrothiopyran, tetrahydrofuran or tetrahydropyran ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew D. Gribble, Ashley Edward Fenwick, Robert W. Marquis, Daniel F. Veber, Jason Witherington
  • Publication number: 20010056194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of a 5-phthalancarbonitrile compound, which comprises the use of a novel compound of the formula [I] 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ikemoto, Masami Igi
  • Patent number: 6274745
    Abstract: A binaphthol monophosphoric acid derivative of the following formula (1), (2), (3) or (4): wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 which are independent of one another, is hydrogen, a C2-20 linear or branched alkenyl group, a C2-20 linear or branched alkynyl group, a phenyl group, a phenyl group having its nucleus substituted at the 1- to 4-carbon atom by a C1-10 linear or branched alkyl group, a phenyl group having its nucleus substituted at the 1- to 4-carbon atom by a C2-10 linear or branched alkenyl group, a phenyl group having its nucleus substituted at the 1- to 4-carbon atom by a C2-10 linear or branched alkynyl group, a naphthyl group or a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, provided that R1 to R4 are not simultaneously hydrogen, wherein each of R5, R6, R7 and R8 which are independent of one another, essentially the same as R1, R2, R3 and R4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Tosoh Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Inanaga, Hiroshi Furuno
  • Patent number: 6242616
    Abstract: Synthetic methods for lactone-containing compounds such as the discodermolides are provided, as are compounds which mimic the chemical and/or biological activity thereof, and methods and intermediates useful in their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Amos B. Smith, III, Thomas J. Beauchamp, Matthew J. LaMarche, Hirokazu Arimoto
  • Patent number: 6225342
    Abstract: A method and compound for the treatment of disease involving hyperproliferation of dermis cells is provided. In particular, compounds isolated from the species of plants known as calendula have been found to be beneficial in the treatment of psoriasis. An extract of plant material obtained from calendula officinalis has been found to be advantageous as an active compound in medicaments for use in the treatment of psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: Solomon Habtemarium, William Howard Stimson, Alexander Irvine Gray, Chaman Lal Anand, Peter George Waterman
  • Patent number: 6187933
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the symbols have the meaning described in the application, have retinoid-like or retinoid antagonist-like biological activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyasagar Vuligonda, Min Teng, Richard L. Beard, Alan T. Johnson, Yuan Lin, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Patent number: 6180835
    Abstract: A cyclopropylacetylene derivative of the formula (V): is prepared by reacting a propynol derivative of the formula (I): with a propane derivative of the formula (VI): in the presence of a base in an amount of 2 or more equivalents relative to the propynol derivative to give a cyclopropane derivative of the formula (III): deprotecting the protecting group for the hydroxyl group of the cyclopropane derivative to give a cyclopropylpropynol derivative of the formula (IV): and subjecting the cyclopropylpropynol derivative to retro-ethynylation. In the above formulas R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent hydrogen; or an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group, each of which may have a substituent, R6 and R7 is hydrogen; or an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group, each of which may have a substituent, or R6 and R7 taken together form a ring, R8 is a protecting group for the hydroxyl group and X and Y are each a leaving group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Asanuma, Kazuya Takaki, Shigeo Ohzono, Manzo Shiono
  • Patent number: 6177457
    Abstract: A process for preparing compounds of the formula: and intermediates for use in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Maria Bueno Calderon, Jesus Chicharro Gonzalo, Jose Fiandor Roman, Sophie Huss, Brian Arthur Michael Rudd
  • Patent number: 6162926
    Abstract: The invention is directed to multiply-substituted fullerene derivatives of novel configurations, and methods for their preparation and use. The methods involve the combinatorial synthesis of a library of fullerene derivatives and comprises the steps of forming a mixture of fullerene derivatives by reacting the C.sub.n fullerene with two or more reactive precursor compounds, and removing the unreacted compounds to yield the fullerene derivatives having the desired activity. Methods for the identification and screening of a combinatorial library of fullerenes by .sup.3 He-nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray mass spectrometry to define members with the optimal desired activity are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Sphere Biosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Murphy, Stephen R. Wilson, Quing Lu
  • Patent number: 6136986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing substituted chroman derivatives of the general formula VII, ##STR1## where X is the group --CN, --COOR.sup.3, --CHO, --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.7 or --CH(OR.sup.8).sub.2,R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.23 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.23 -alkenyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 -aryl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.18 -aralkyl radical,R.sup.3 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical,R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical,R.sup.7 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical,R.sup.8 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical, or the two radicals are a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkylene radical which links the two oxygen atoms to form a cyclic acetal and is optionally branched or may carry one or two carboxyl groups, cyclohexyl or phenyl radicals,and to the novel intermediates of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Sturmer, Kai-Uwe Baldenius
  • Patent number: 6133442
    Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 signifies phenyl, substituted phenyl or heterocyclyl;R.sup.2 signifies phenyl or substituted phenyl;R.sup.3 signifies hydrogen, lower-alkyl, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocyclyl or a residue --CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --NR.sup.5 COR.sup.7 ;R.sup.4 signifies hydrogen or lower-alkyl;R.sup.5 signifies hydrogen or a residue R.sup.7, andR.sup.6 signifies --(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sup.7 ; orR.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together with the N atom associated with them signify a heterocyclic residue;R.sup.7 signifies phenyl, substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, lower-alkyl, cyano-lower-alkyl, hydroxy-lower-alkyl, di-lower-alkylamino-lower-alkyl, carboxy-lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxycarbonyl-lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxycarbonylamino-lower-alkyl or phenyl-lower-alkoxycarbonyl;R.sup.a signifies hydrogen, lower-alkyl or hydroxy;R.sup.b signifies hydrogen or lower-alkyl;Z signifies hydroxy, amino or a residue --OR.sup.8, --OC(O)NHR.sup.8, --OC(O)OR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Volker Breu, Kaspar Burri, Jean-Marie Cassal, Martine Clozel, Georges Hirth, Bernd-Michael Loffler, Marcel Muller, Werner Neidhart, Henri Ramuz
  • Patent number: 6121312
    Abstract: Novel cyclic ether vitamin D3 compounds having a cyclic ether side chain are disclosed. These compounds were first identified as metabolites of 3-epi vitamin D3 produced via a tissue-specific metabolic pathway which catalyzes the formation of a cyclic ether structure. Also disclosed are 1.alpha.(OH) 3-epi vitamin D3 compounds, which are produced via the epimerization of a 3-.beta.-hydroxyl group of 1.alpha.(OH) vitamin D3 precursor in vivo. The vitamin D3 compounds of the present invention can be used as substitutes for natural and synthetic vitamin D3 compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Woman and Infants Hospital
    Inventor: Satayanarayana G. Reddy
  • Patent number: 6114544
    Abstract: There is disclosed a novel compound having a fluoromethyl group which itself has a large electron attractive property at an asymmetric carbon atom on a tetrahydropyran ring, which is expected to be a novel type of a liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kashima Oil Company
    Inventors: Tomoya Kitazume, Takashi Yamazaki, Kenji Mizutani
  • Patent number: 6100294
    Abstract: Novel cyclic ether vitamin D3 compounds having a cyclic ether side chain are disclosed. These compounds were first identified as metabolites of 3-epi vitamin D3 produced via a tissue-specific metabolic pathway which catalyzes the formation of a cyclic ether structure. Also disclosed are 1.alpha.(OH) 3-epi vitamin D3 compounds, which are produced via the epimerization of a 3-.beta.-hydroxyl group of 1.alpha.(OH) vitamin D3 precursor in vivo. The vitamin D3 compounds of the present invention can be used as substitutes for natural and synthetic vitamin D3 compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Women and Infants Hospital
    Inventor: Satayanarayana G. Reddy
  • Patent number: 6075155
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formulas ##STR1## which are useful as monomers in photopolymerizable compositions. Also disclosed are methods of polymerizing these monomers, and polymers produced thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventor: James V. Crivello
  • Patent number: 6068834
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions, compounds and methods for lightening skin, using active compounds having the structure: ##STR1## wherein: (i) each X is, independently, selected from the group consisting of halo, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, OR, OCOR, COR, CONRR COOR, CN, SR, SOR, SO.sub.2 R, SO.sub.3 R and NRR, wherein X is other than hydroxy, amino and thio, if this X is attached ortho to the phenol hydroxy;(ii) m is an integer from 0 to 4;(iii) each R' and each R" is, independently, selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, OR, OCOR, OCRROR, COR, CR(OR)OR, CONRR, COOR, CRROR, CN, SR, and NRR; wherein halo, when it appears, is other than geminal to a hydroxy, NH.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kalla Lynn Kvalnes, Mitchell Anthony DeLong, Barton James Bradbury, Curtis Bobby Motley, John David Carter
  • Patent number: 6057342
    Abstract: The present application describes amidinophenyl-pyrrolidines, -pyrrolines, and -isoxazolidines and derivatives thereof of formula I: ##STR1## or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, wherein one of D and D' may be C(.dbd.NH)NH.sub.2 and the other H, and J.sup.1 and J.sup.2 may be O or CH.sub.2, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Dupont Pharmaceutical Co.
    Inventors: John Matthew Fevig, Donald Joseph Phillip Pinto, Mimi Lifen Quan, Petrus Fredericus Wilhelmus Stouten
  • Patent number: 6054478
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or metabolically labile derivatives thereof, processes for their preparation, their use as antifungal agents and intermediates for use in their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome S.A.
    Inventors: Jose J. Martin, Jesus Chicharro Gonzalo, Jose R. R. Gomez, Silvestre Garcia-Ochoa Dorado, Federico Gomez De Las Heras, Michael V. Hayes, Michael J. Dawson, Howard G. Wildman, Richard M. Hall
  • Patent number: 6013812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of five-membered or six-membered cyclic ethers, in particular of anhydropolyols, by acid-catalysed cyclodehydration of polyols that contain at least two hydroxyl groups with a spacing enabling ring formation--that is to say, preferably with a spacing of 4 or 5 C atoms. The invention is directed in particular towards the production of anhydrotetritols, anhydropentitols and, particularly preferred, anhydrohexitols, from tetritols, pentitols and hexitols, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Haas, Olaf Burkhardt, Marcus Morawietz, Rudolf Vanheertum, Agnes Bourrel
  • Patent number: 6001823
    Abstract: Novel methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases caused by tissue-adhering bacteria are disclosed. By interacting with periplasmic molecular chaperones it is achieved that the assembly of pili is prevented or inhibited and thereby the infectivity of the bacteria is diminished. Also disclosed are methods for screening for drugs as well as methods for the de novo design of such drugs, methods which rely on novel computer drug modelling methods involving an approximative calculation of binding free energy between macromolecules. Finally, novel pyranosides which are believed to be capable of interacting with periplasmic molecular chaperones are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventors: Scott Hultgren, Meta Kuehn, Zheng Xu, Derek Ogg, Mark Harris, Matti Lepisto, Jan Kihlberg, Charles Hal Jones
  • Patent number: 5986115
    Abstract: This invention describes new, substituted 7.alpha.-(.xi.-aminoalkyl)-estratrienes of general formula I ##STR1## in which side chain SK is a radical of partial formula ##STR2## as well as their physiologically compatible addition salts with organic and inorganic acids.The new compounds represent compounds with very strong antiestrogenic action.The compounds according to the invention are, on the one hand, pure antiestrogens, or, on the other hand, antiestrogens with estrogenic partial action. Based on this spectrum of action, the new compounds are highly suitable for the production of pharmaceutical agents for tumor therapy and hormone replacement treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Schering AG
    Inventors: Rolf Bohlmann, Dieter Bittler, Josef Heindl, Nikolaus Heinrich, Helmut Hofmeister, Hermann Kunzer, Gerhard Sauer, Christa Hegele-Hartung, Rosemarie Lichtner, Yukishige Nishino, Karsten Parczyk, Martin Schneider
  • Patent number: 5981496
    Abstract: Novel .alpha.-pyrones are described. The .alpha.-pyrones are useful in a method for controlling .alpha.-pyrone responsive states in a mammal. The method includes administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an .alpha.-pyrone such that control of .alpha.-pyrone responsive states in a mammal occurs. .alpha.-Pyrone responsive states can be associated with undesirable cell proliferation such as bacteria or cancer. Packaged pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions including the novel .alpha.-pyrones are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Cohen, Zhi-Dong Jiang
  • Patent number: 5977029
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 3-aryl-5-halogeno-pyrone derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which A, D, G, X, Y, Z and n are each as defined in the description,to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Folker Lieb, Michael Ruther, Jorg Stetter, Markus Dollinger, Christoph Erdelen, Norbert Mencke, Hans-Joachim Santel, Andreas Turberg, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann
  • Patent number: 5969154
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound of formula ##STR1## wherein B and D are each independently of the other C.sub.6 -C.sub.24 alkyl, ##STR2## L is ##STR3## methyl or C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 alkyl, wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 alkyl, with the proviso that when L is methyl, at least one of B and D is C.sub.6 -C.sub.24 alkyl;R2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, cyano or nitro,R3, R4 and R5 are each independently of one another hydrogen, OR6, SR6, SeR6, --NHR6, --NR6R7, ##STR4## with the proviso that at least one of R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen, R6 is C.sub.7 -C.sub.37 alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.37 alkylene or C.sub.5 -C.sub.18 alkyl which is interrupted by 1 to 6 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N,R7 is hydrogen or R9,R8 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, andR9 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkylene or C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 alkyl which is interrupted by 1 to 6 hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Hao, Abul Iqbal, Nancy Tebaldi, Klaus Praefcke
  • Patent number: 5962682
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 signifies phenyl, substituted phenyl or heterocyclyl; R.sup.2 signifies phenyl or substituted phenyl; R.sup.3 signifies hydrogen, lower-alkyl, cyano, carboxy, esterified carboxy, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocyclyl or a residue --CONR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --NR.sup.5 COR.sup.7 ; R.sup.4 signifies hydrogen or lower-alkyl; R.sup.5 signifies hydrogen or a residue R.sup.7, and R.sup.6 signifies --(CH.sub.2).sub.m R.sup.7 ; or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together with the N atom associated with them signify a heterocyclic residue; R.sup.7 signifies phenyl, substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, lower-alkyl, cyano-lower-alkyl, hydroxy-lower-alkyl, di-lower-alkylamino-lower-alkyl, carboxy-lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxycarbonyl-lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxycarbonylamino-lower-alkyl or phenyl-lower-alkoxycarbonyl; R.sup.a signifies hydrogen, lower-alkyl or hydroxy; R.sup.b signifies hydrogen or lower-alkyl; Z signifies hydroxy, amino or a residue --OR.sup.8, --OC(O)NHR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Volker Breu, Kaspar Burri, Jean-Marie Cassal, Martine Clozel, Georges Hirth, Bernd-Michael Loffler, Marcel Muller, Werner Neidhart, Henri Ramuz
  • Patent number: 5886110
    Abstract: Branched, dendrimeric macromolecules having a central nucleus and a series of polyoxaalkylene chains that radiate from the nucleus and spread into the surrounding space branching a cascade fashion until the desired size results. Molecules formed in this manner are free of excessive functional crowding on their outer surfaces. Synthetic methods of preparing these molecules and their uses are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Dibra S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luigia Gozzini, Monica Muttoni, Christoph De Haen
  • Patent number: 5854280
    Abstract: A compound of formula ##STR1## wherein Z is a tetrahydro-pyrano group selected from ##STR2## having antifungal activity processes for their preparation and their use in medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome S.A.
    Inventors: Jose R. Ruiz Gomez, Jose Maria Bueno Calderon, Silvestre Garcia-Ochoa Dorado, Maria T. Fraile Gabaldon, Julia C. Pichel, Jose M. Fiandor Roman, Domingo Gargallo Viola, Juan C. Cuevas Zurita, Jose L. Lavandera Diaz, Sophie Huss
  • Patent number: 5820783
    Abstract: Chiral compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or --Y--Z--Y.sup.1,R.sup.2 is ##STR2## and X is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, hydroxyl or OR.sup.1, whereY is a direct bond, CO or C.sub.2 - to C.sub.8 -alkylene in which nonadjacent carbon atoms may be replaced by O, CO, COO or OCO,Z is a group containing one or more saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings,Y.sup.1 is C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkyl, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.15 -alkenyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkoxy, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.15 -alkenyloxy, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.15 -alkanoyloxy or C.sub.3 - to C.sub.15 -alkenoyloxy, it being possible for nonadjacent carbon atoms in these radicals to be replaced by oxygen, OCO or COO, andn is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Siemensmeyer, Volkmar Vill, Hanns-Walter Tunger, Matthias Paul
  • Patent number: 5817693
    Abstract: Novel indane and indene derivatives are described which are endothelin receptor antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Russell Donovan Cousins, John Duncan Elliott, Maria Amparo Lago, Jack Dale Leber, Catherine Elizabeth Peishoff
  • Patent number: 5814568
    Abstract: A water-absorbent paper or nonwoven fabric containing 5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-.gamma.-pyrone for preventing the discoloration of the cut surface of lettuce stem and further containing an organic acid having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and/or a water-retaining agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kato, Atsushi Hishiki
  • Patent number: 5811028
    Abstract: A 2H-5,6-optically active dihydropyran derivative represented by the general formula (I) or (I'): ##STR1## wherein Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms; a liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal device comprising the derivative; and a racemic mixture comprising at least one type of the derivative. The derivative is a novel compound which exhibits the liquid crystal property by itself or can be used as an excellent dopant providing a high speed response to a composition comprising it even when the compound does not exhibit the liquid crystal property by itself. The derivative also exhibits a large spontaneous polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Kashima Oil Company
    Inventors: Tatsushi Ishizuka, Mitsunori Takeda, Masaaki Namekawa, Keizou Itoh
  • Patent number: 5811593
    Abstract: The present invention is for a process for preparing monoacetals of hydroquinone wherein said process provides for higher yields of greater purity. Said process utilizes a two step reaction wherein a protected hydroquinone is reacted with an enol ether to form a protected intermediate. Upon hydrogenolysis of said intermediate a final product, monoacetal hydroquinone, is formed having higher degree of purity and in greater yields that the yields attributed to reactions known in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John David Carter, Jack Lee Parsons, David Fred Starks
  • Patent number: 5795981
    Abstract: Squarylium compounds of the formula: ##STR1## (in which Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 are each a chromophoric group having an aromatic unsaturated system conjugated with the squarylium ring and such that in the compounds of formulae Q.sup.1 CH.sub.2 R.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 CH.sub.2 R.sup.2 the methylene hydrogens are active hydrogens, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, or an acyl, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic group, subject to the proviso that one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be an amino or substituted amino group, or one of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an organosulfonyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together with the intervening nitrogen atom form a nitrogenous heterocyclic ring) are useful as near infra-red absorbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Lee, Donald A. McGowan, Mark R. Mischke, Socorro M. Ramos, Stephen J. Telfer
  • Patent number: 5786385
    Abstract: A 2-(1-nonen-3,5,7-triynyl)3-hydroxy tetrahydropyran (cunaniol) particularly that having the formula: ##STR1## or a corresponding anhydrocunaniol or cunanione, for use in therapy, especially as a reversible heart blocking agent or neuromuscular active or in neurofunction generally; or for use as a pesticide or mycobactericide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventor: Conrad Gorinsky
  • Patent number: 5719291
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## which have antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhko Aoki, Hiromichi Kotaki, Kazunao Masubuchi, Toru Okuda, Nobuo Shimma, Takuo Tsukuda, Isao Umeda
  • Patent number: 5703119
    Abstract: The manufacture and use of compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is O or S, R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl, and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or various substituent groups, and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof. The compounds have activity as inhibitors of the IL-I or other agonist-induced proteoglycan degradation in bovine nasal cartilage and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are described to treat conditions advantageously affected by such inhibition including arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Vijaykumar Baragi, Diane Harris Boschelli, David Thomas Connor, Richard Raymond Renkiewicz
  • Patent number: 5698137
    Abstract: A 2H-5,6-optically active dihydropyran derivative represented by the general formula (I) or (I'): ##STR1## wherein Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms; a liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal device comprising the derivative; and a racemic mixture comprising at least one type of the derivative. The derivative is a novel compound which exhibits the liquid crystal property by itself or can be used as an excellent dopant providing a high speed response to a composition comprising it even when the compound does not exhibit the liquid crystal property by itself. The derivative also exhibits a large spontaneous polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Kashima Oil Company
    Inventors: Tatsushi Ishizuka, Mitsunori Takeda, Masaaki Namekawa, Keizou Itoh
  • Patent number: 5681978
    Abstract: A method of synthesis of (2S,3R,1'R)-stegobinone(I) using borane intermediates and methods for the use of stegobinone (I) for attracting beetles of the Anobium species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Donald S. Matteson, Hon-Wah Man, Oliver Ho